› added 3 months ago

12

TIL the steelpan, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, now appears on its official coat of arms.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

xVxL5 TIL NBC executives hated the script for the Seinfeld episode, 'The Chinese Restaurant', and only agreed to allow it to be filmed after co-creator Larry David threatened to quit. It is now considered a ground-breaking episode of TV, and the best example of Seinfeld's 'show about nothing' premise
P187L TIL when the Velvet Underground released their 1967 debut album, it was a flop. Due to it’s content, it was banned from many record stores, and radio stations refused to play it. Magazines also refused to carry ads for the album. Nowadays, it’s regarded as one of the greatest debut albums ever made.
eXJL TIL Tigers, and only tigers, hunt adult bears
Pw7e TIL that a Colombian program called kangaroo care, where prematurely born babies are kept in constant skin-to-skin contact with parents, has shown success over hospital incubators in reducing infant mortality.
WkQGd School buses are yellow because we see yellow faster than any other colour; 1.24 times faster than we see red.